Commonwealth v. Gillespie’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2021 · most notably McCray v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (2005), 2008 Pa. Super. 233 - Commonwealth v. Bostick (2008)
30 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · Payton v. New York · Bumper v. North Carolina · Segura v. United States · Illinois v. Charles McArthur
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While there is no hard and fast list of factors evincing voluntariness, some considerations include: 1) the defendant's custodial status; 2) the use of duress or coercive tactics by law enforcement personnel; 3) the defendant's knowledge of his right to refuse to consent; 4) the defendant's education and intelligence; 5) the defendant's belief that no incriminating evidence will be found; and 6) the extent and level of the defendant's cooperation with the law enforcement personnel.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a) Offense defined.— (1) A person who has been convicted of an offense enumerated in subjection (b), within or without this Commonwealth, regardless of the length of sentence ,.. shall not possess, use, control, sell, transfer or manufacture ... a firearm in this Commonwealth. [[Image here]] (b) Enumerated offenses. — The following offenses shall apply to subsection (a): ... Section 3503 (relating to criminal trespass) if the offense is graded a felony of the second degree or higher.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(1) the police had probable cause to believe the suspect’s home contained, evidence of a crime and contraband; (2) the police had good reason to fear that, unless restrained, the defendant would destroy the evidence before they returned with a warrant; (3) the police made reasonable efforts to balance the interests of law enforcement with those of privacy; and (4) the restraint imposed was limited in time and scope.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.